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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From Schneier on Security
Quantum Computer Factors the Number 15
This is an important development: Shor's algorithm was first demonstrated in a computing system based on nuclear magnetic resonance -- manipulating molecules in...
From My Biased Coin
Not Teaching / Double Teaching
Last semester, for various reasons, I ended up "double-teaching", offering both my undergraduate algorithms class and my graduate network algorithms class. The...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Atlas - Modeling Shopper Behavior : Paper
I recently posted about a shopper modeling system from TNS - Sorensen called Atlas, at that link you will find more information about the method and how it is evolving...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Measuring Social ROI
Measuring social network ROI, fairly obvious, but with some useful examples.
From Schneier on Security
Inferring Friendship from Location Data
Interesting: For nine months, Eagle's team recorded data from the phones of 94 students and staff at MIT. By using blue-tooth technology and phone masts, theyabstract...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Arrr! I hope everyone had a swashbuckling day this past September 19. As you no doubt knew, September 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day - an unofficial...
From Computational Complexity
Why You Shouldn't Not Go to FOCS
You can now register on-line for FOCS which includes the 50th celebration. Early registration deadline is October 1. Hotel rate good until October 9th or whilehttp...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Face of Data
Akin to Chernoff faces, but univariate. You can generate a smiley face in Excel that displays a range of emotions. Fun and perhaps useful if you can stand a smiley...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Procter Store Back Idea
Ad Age details Procter's idea of 'store back', which they consider essential to improvement of sales competing with private label as we emerge from a recession....
From The Eponymous Pickle
SAS JMP Tool Founder
Nice piece about SAS JMP tool developer John Sall, who I met years ago. Used JMP in the enterprise, but no longer have access. Was quite well done, it introduced...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 21
September 21 Presentation: The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and the New America Foundation host a discussion with Prof. Jonathan Lazar...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of September 21
September 21 Presentation: The DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery and the New America Foundation host a discussion with Prof. Jonathan Lazar...
From Apophenia
Seeking: Research Assistant/Intern for Online Safety Literature Review
The Youth Policy Working Group at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society is looking for a research assistant intern to help update the Literature Review...
From Apophenia
Seeking: Technical Research Assistant for Adhoc Tasks at MSR
Microsoft Research New England is seeking an undergraduate research assistant to help out with assorted tasks for 10-20 hours/week to assist Dr. danah boyd, a social...
From Return 42;
Testing Rails Obsevers with Shoulda
It has been a bit quiet around here recently, basically due to the project I am working on at the moment, which is really time consuming. But more about that sooner...
From Schneier on Security
Terrorist Havens
Good essay on "terrorist havens" -- like Afghanistan -- and why they're not as big a worry as some maintain: Rationales for maintaining the counterinsurgency in...
From Putting People First